Wang Cuilian glared at him, her eyes were full of warning, and she didn't look at the occasion. She didn't have to spend the rest of her life if she wanted to make fun of herself and get back, since Wang Cuilian herself was not happy anyway.
Li Chengxi also looked at her with a smile in his eyes. The two looked at each other like no one else, and there was a little more thought in the hearts of the audience. It is possible that these two have known each other for a long time.
The next moment, the Empress Dowager asked this question for everyone, "Chengxi, do you know this girl?"
When Li Chengxi folded the fan, he paid attention to his words, "The day before yesterday, I met one by chance, and I was shocked. I regret that I didn't know which girl it was. Today, it must be fate."
The Empress Dowager was in a bit of a dilemma, the person the little emperor fell in love with was Wang Cuiyao's elder sister, if a marriage contract was really made for them, what about the grandson and the young lady of the Wang family, wouldn't the seniority be messed up.
Compared to the Empress Dowager's embarrassment, the others wished that the Empress Dowager would respond immediately. After all, the Empress Dowager revealed a meaning before.
The queen also didn't want the position of the third prince and concubine to be occupied by someone whose mother's family had no power and power, and who had no support for her son. With the interruption of the little emperor uncle Li Chengxi, the queen was also a little lucky, and said at this time, " Empress, I think this is a destiny destined by heaven, it is rare for a little emperor uncle to have the intention of starting a family, why not..."
Before the queen could finish her words, the queen mother gave her a faint look, and she automatically fell silent. Realizing that she had lost her composure, she picked up the teacup and took a sip as if to cover up.
The queen mother still wants to give the queen face in front of outsiders, and she resumed her kind smile before.
Wang Cuilian didn't want her marriage to be settled just like that. Besides, she knew that her younger sister and the third prince shared their hearts, and she and Li Chengxi only met once. It was Li Chengxi's joke to dissuade her. How could she block other people's marriages because of this.
Thinking of this, Wang Cuilian became a little anxious, and kept winking at Li Chengxi, but the stingy man seemed not to notice, standing there calmly, without any intention of speaking.
Wang Cuilian had no choice but to change slowly from threatening to begging, suffocating in her heart, and made up her mind that if Li Chengxi didn't speak again, she wouldn't care so much.
As if seeing her thoughts, Li Chengxi finally responded. The two exchanged eyebrows and eyes. Although they didn't speak, they strangely saw what the other party wanted to express.
"Chengxi, don't be careless. You don't even know the girl's name, but you have asked the other party's elders what they mean. How can you meet for a lifetime." These words of the queen mother are completely random excuses. If there is a decree to bestow marriage, no matter how unwilling others are, can they resist the decree and not marry
Everyone was tacitly aware of this fact. It just so happened that Li Chengxi had already finished his eye contact with Wang Cuilian and achieved the result he wanted, so he followed the Queen Mother's words and said, "It's me, Meng Lang. I will invite the official media to come to the door in the coming day." Let's decide."
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager finally made up her mind, she came to the flower viewing banquet today for the sake of her grandson's marriage, if the younger brother was allowed to marry the sister of the Wang family first, then Zetian's marriage would not be able to continue. carry.
"That should be the case. Even if you like it, it depends on whether the girl is interested in you or not. Otherwise, wouldn't it be forced." The Queen Mother joked with a smile.
Li Chengxi raised his eyebrows, with a dozen folded fans in his hands, he had a graceful demeanor, but his face was like a peach blossom, the first time he saw him, he was amazed at the beauty of this well-born, feminine beauty.
By now, everyone in the capital knew that Prince Jing, who didn't show up often, was the one who hated being praised for his beauty the most. If he said this in front of him, it would be a frown, and it would be hard to please.
"I am so heroic and extraordinary, how can there be a woman who is so blind that she can't see her?" Li Chengxi said very seriously, Wang Cuilian lowered her head when she heard this, and then thought of what happened to the two of them that day, she smiled unkindly. Her shoulders twitched, but fortunately she was at the back, and no one noticed, except Li Chengxi who had been paying attention to her.
This time it was Li Chengxi who gritted his teeth, but he held back. The last time he was run away by that little girl, it was really hard to find her nameless. Now that she knows her identity, let's see how she escapes.
The queen mother said a few words to Li Chengxi, then turned the topic back, looking at the grandchildren beside her, the queen mother waved to Princess Pingyang, "Come quickly to the emperor's grandmother."
Princess Pingyang was flirting with Sister Yao, and when she heard the call from Grandmother Huang, she gave a big smile, stepped forward, pouted, and said, "I thought I would forget my granddaughter when I saw Grandpa Little Huang."
Such a playful complaint made the queen mother laugh out loud, "Then Pingyang blamed the emperor's grandmother by mistake, and she was still talking about you just now."
Pingyang's eyes lit up immediately, and his face was full of curiosity, "Didn't the imperial grandmother tell the queen mother that I was naughty, and the queen mother will punish Pingyang."
The queen mother nodded her forehead and blamed, "Didn't you tell me many times that you want your elder sister Yao to be the third emperor's wife? Today, your mother and I will choose the prince and concubine for your third brother, so you are here." Coincidentally."
When she said this, the Empress Dowager gave her grandson a look if she wanted to, and Li Zetian knew about the joke of the emperor's grandmother, so he didn't back down at all, and bowed his hands, "Grandson, thank you for your success."
This was like a stone that caused a thousand waves. The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and then it was funny. She didn't say anything, but he was in a hurry. It should be stimulated by Prince Jing's marriage proposal just now.
After Li Zetian said this, he was also a little surprised. He just looked at Wang Cuiyao, who bowed his head and his ears were red, and quickly made up his mind.
Under the staring eyes of everyone, Li Zetian looked at Wang Cuiyao seriously, "I have admired Miss Wang for a long time, and now I am taking the liberty to propose marriage. I don't know if Miss Wang is willing to marry me."
Wang Cuiyao was still worried about her sister, but she never thought that things would develop so quickly, and she was not prepared for the incident, and when she heard Li Zetian's words, her heart felt faintly hot, and her face heated up sharply.
The extremely serious and affectionate eye contact with Li Zetian for a moment, the extremely aggressive eyes made Wang Cuiyao lower her eyelids again like an electric shock, and the heat on her face increased instead of decreasing.
Wang Cuiyao's heart was in a mess, being fortunate enough to be a human being is a great fortune, she never thought that she could find a mate like in the scripts she heard in the past, she was both afraid and longing in her heart.
It's just that I am most afraid of trouble, if I marry him, I will face endless troubles, and I have to abide by the rules of the royal family. Wang Cuiyao doesn't know if she is willing to give up her freedom for Li Zetian, but when she thinks of him being with other women for a lifetime, My heart was swollen and sore.
Before she knew her intentions, Wang Cuiyao subconsciously avoided Li Zetian's intentional or unintentional temptations in recent days.
But today, feeling the fiery gaze still projecting on her body, Wang Cuiyao knew that there was no way to retreat.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wang Cuiyao looked into Li Zetian's eyes again. The hot, strange and strong emotions in them made her mind flutter, and she was deeply immersed in it.
In the eyes of others, the two are acquaintances with affection. The eyes of Lin Ling'er, the owner of Gaole County, have already burst into flames, and the handkerchief in her hand has been torn by her. .
But Princess Changle was more disappointed. Although she was unwilling, she finally turned into relief.
Princess Changning was very anxious, and kept winking at her mother. Originally, she was bound to win the position of the third concubine, but now that such an insignificant accident as Wang Cuiyao happened, Princess Changning only liked someone to stop it quickly.
Under her daughter's eager eyes, the eldest princess bit the bullet and said, "Mother, the girl from the Wang family is outstanding in appearance, and it's fine to be a side concubine."
Elder Princess Rong, who had not spoken all this time, also responded, "I feel that what the Eldest Princess said is very true,"
To be honest, the queen mother is also a little bit moved. If Wang Cuiyao is a side concubine, no matter which one of them marries Changning and becomes the main concubine, it will be a help. With a sigh, he only said, "Just look at what San'er thinks."
The meaning of connivance in these words is very obvious, Princess Changning can no longer control so much, knowing that this is the last chance, with the help of the maid, she got up and walked to Li Zetian.
"Third cousin, Changning has been pleased with you for a long time. I don't want to be the main concubine. If I can always be by my cousin's side, the side concubine Changning will be happy." Princess Changning's eyes turned red when she said that. She has loved the third prince since she was a child. Now These words have put the attitude to the lowest.
Li Zetian looked down at her, Chang Ning was full of hope, and the next moment he heard a merciless rejection, "Thank you for your kindness, princess, but the princess is also a golden branch and jade leaf, so you don't have to commit yourself to beg for me."
Without waiting for Princess Changning to say anything else, Li Zetian continued, but this time it was to Wang Cuiyao, and at the same time expressed his attitude, "I only wish to be a couple in this life."
Speaking such words from the mouth of a prince, how could it not make the hearts of the people present agitated, and they looked at Wang Cuiyao with more envy and jealousy.
And the empress dowager in the seat was also a little dazed, as if she had returned to her youth, and so was that person.
No one in the state of Jin knew that the first emperor and the empress dowager were deeply in love with each other. They never had a concubine in their life. The two lived together until old age. After the death of the first emperor, the empress dowager became blind from crying. Fortunately, the third prince and Princess Pingyang were always by her side. Although the queen mother calmed down, her health was getting worse.
The empress frowned, with complicated emotions in her heart. Although the current emperor does not say that there are three thousand beauties in the harem, there are many concubines who have favored him. The empress did envy the love between the former emperor and the empress dowager, but envy is envy. She is now empress. It's more about staying true to your job.
The queen disagreed with her son's choice. In her opinion, since Princess Changning was willing to be wronged, it would not be better to marry the two of them into the mansion together, and leave the position of the main concubine vacant.
Until now, the Empress has not combined the positions of Wang Cuiyao and the Concubine. In her opinion, even if the Empress Dowager agrees, the Holy Majesty must approve it.
Wang Cuiyao didn't know what other people were thinking, and she didn't have the time to think about it, but under Li Zetian's slightly nervous gaze, she suddenly smiled, it was a smile of relief.
Since he is willing to bear these for himself, it is not unacceptable for him to make more trouble for him.
"I am willing." Wang Cuiyao said again with a hint of a smile in her voice, "It's just a big matter of marriage, and I have to ask the elders."
Li Zetian's heart that was always uplifted finally settled down. He knew that he had made a dangerous move today, but he was also very helpless. She would hide when he moved forward, and he was not willing to do anything to her.
I can only express my heart in front of many people, and I only hope that she can believe it. If such a cold and cold person can protect her by his side for the rest of his life, it would be such a satisfying thing.
Fortunately, although Grandpa Little Huang had this accident, there was no danger. The big rock settled down, and Li Zetian regained his usual composure. The two looked at each other and smiled, "It should be like this."
"May I ask the old lady to help you." Walking to Tang Lihua's table, Li Zetian performed all the etiquette.
It's just that he is the prince, and Tang Lihua can't treat the ordinary grandson-in-law like that. She stood up and said, "The third prince is so polite, Yao'er is willing, and I, an elder, will naturally not stop me. Erzhen is the most important."
Li Zetian replied seriously, "Yes."
When Tang Lihua sat down and went back, the matter was a foregone conclusion.
The mission of this first mission world is indeed a trial mission. It is very simple. Tang Lihua used the previous five years to earn money and do charity. Saved some trouble for the hero and heroine.
In the novel, Wang Cuiyao is a commoner. Without the grandmother of Sipin Township Lord, she would not have been able to come to this flower feast, and the Queen Mother would not bring up such a thing at this time. It is all because Tang Lihua, a little butterfly, makes the plot early.
And in the past five years, Wang Cuilian, the cannon fodder female supporting role, under the guidance of Tang Lihua, has the correct three views, unlike in the novel, she often compares herself with the heroine, the worse she gets, the worse the heroine becomes good.
In addition, it was the heroine who almost drowned, and was misunderstood by others that she deliberately pushed the heroine, and it was useless to explain, and her heart became more and more jealous and distorted, and she was against the heroine.
None of these things developed like that. Tang Lihua knew that Wang Cuilian would not be like the novel when she saw the relationship between the two sisters. By now, more than half of the task had been completed.
Wang Cuiyao couldn't remember when the flower viewing banquet ended, and her mind was full of thoughts of Li Zetian asking herself to wait for him to ask for a marriage before leaving.
Thinking about it, Wang Cuiyao unconsciously put a smile on her face, and when she came back to her senses, she met the teasing eyes of her cousin who was in the same carriage, and couldn't help being a little embarrassed.
But jokes are jokes, Wang Cuilian still has something serious to say to Wang Cuilian, she straightened her face with a serious face, and told Wang Cuiyao unreservedly about her strange emotions and various thoughts since seeing Li Zetian herself. .
In the end, fearing that Wang Cuiyao might misunderstand, Wang Cuilian added, "I have never met the third prince before, this emotion is strange, I can swear that I have absolutely no affection for him, even Prince Jing is more pleasing to my eyes than him."
Others might not believe it if they heard about it, but Wang Cuiyao herself is a koi, although she doesn't know why such a mysterious thing, she already believes it to a certain extent.
Regarding her cousin's disgust when she mentioned Li Zetian, she was a little dumbfounded, but she could understand, "I believe in big sister."
When the two sisters talked, they got along more harmoniously. Wang Cuilian said again, "I think the third prince is a troublesome one. Today's incident caused a lot of trouble. I'm afraid those ladies won't give up so easily."
Wang Cuiyao also knew this truth, "Elder sister and grandmother should also be careful, I am the one who caused trouble for you."
Wang Cuilian waved her hand, not forgetting to step on Li Zetian's foot. Anyway, she just doesn't like this man now. Her younger sister's appearance comes from a family background. If she doesn't marry into the royal family, her life will definitely be better. It's not like being the public enemy of Miss Jingzhong now .
"I don't blame you. If he can't even protect your family, why marry him?"
Wang Cuiyao was amused, followed her words, and nodded seriously.
Passing by the Wang's Mansion, Wang Cuiyao got out of the car and went back to the mansion, Wang Cuilian changed into grandma's carriage, and the grandfather and grandson had a chance to talk.
Tang Lihua closed her eyes and rested her mind. Feeling the hesitant eyes of her granddaughter on her face several times, she asked helplessly, "What's the matter with you and Prince Jing?"
Wang Cuilian waited for her grandma to ask her a question, and she explained how the two of them met that day. Tang Lihua made a summary, rejoicing at the enemy, and seeing that her granddaughter was still not enlightened, Tang Lihua didn't say much, so she asked her to pay attention. Don't suffer, the rest will come naturally.
In the next half month, the story of the flower viewing banquet that day spread to everyone in the capital.
In Prince Rong's mansion, Lin Ling'er smashed all the utensils in the room, the nurse beside her looked distressed, she raised the princess with her own hands, and the nurse Zhao has long regarded her as her own daughter in her heart.
That day at the flower viewing banquet, the nanny was caught in the cold and didn't go with her. She only heard about these things later, and she blamed the third prince for her lack of vision. Comfortingly said, "Why should the princess be so angry?"
At this time, Lin Ling'er had long lost her usual arrogance, "Why does Wang Cuiyao monopolize the third prince? Then everything I did in the past was not in vain, it was in vain!"
If Lin Ling'er was even more angry that she could not become the third concubine, in her eyes the third concubine was the same as the future empress, now that she was taken away by others, how could she not be angry or hateful.
"That's not necessarily the case. The Holy Majesty's edict of bestowing marriage has not yet been promulgated, and even if it is promulgated, if the person disappears, the position of the third prince and concubine will be vacant again." Zhao said with a vicious face.
This is not the first time she has given such an idea to the princess, but such things are all hidden from the old princess.
Lin Ling'er's eyes lit up, that's right, she was really dizzy with anger, if Wang Cuiyao died, would the Third Prince not marry Feiqing, even if he wanted to, the Empress Dowager would not agree.
"I want the old slave to say that if Miss Wang accidentally catches a cold one day and dies of a serious illness, or goes to a temple on the mountain to offer incense, meets bad people, and dies with incense, these are all possible. Just wait, master." After Zhao finished speaking, the master and servant looked at each other tacitly, and both smiled.
Wang Cuiyao, don't blame me, blame yourself for blocking my way. Looking at the residue of porcelain on the ground, Lin Linger's eyes became more sinister.
On this day, news came from the palace that the Qingquan Temple in Chengnan Mountain was very effective, and Mrs. Chen invited them to go to offer incense together.
Wang Cuilian stayed in the mansion for half a month, and she was bored to the core, so she agreed immediately, and Tang Lihua didn't object, so the person who came to deliver the news went back to deliver the message.
Seeing the excitement on her granddaughter's face, Tang Lihua didn't disturb her interest.
The important plot finally came, Tang Lihua had a premonition that after this plot, her mission would be considered complete.
Tang Lihua had already started preparations after the flower viewing feast that day. It was impossible to recruit troops in the capital, so she asked her confidant to spend a lot of money to hire an escort agency from the next city.
At this moment, Qingquan Temple has already been surrounded by people from the Escort Bureau. Tang Lihua knows all the troubles. If Princess Gaole is like in the plot, then Tang Lihua will let her know what it means to reap the fruits of oneself.
On the second day, Tang Lihua and Erfang met at the gate of the city, and it was still the three of them who came back to offer incense, and Mrs. Chen had to take care of her son, so she didn't come with them.
On the way into Qingquan Temple, the weather is calm and calm. Pilgrims usually stay here for three days, eat fast and chant Buddha, to show their sincerity.
So Tang Lihua predicted that the accident should happen at night, after all, it's dark and night blind.
In the evening Tang Lihua called her two granddaughters to her room and only asked them to read scriptures. Wang Cuilian and Wang Cuiyao didn't suspect anything else. In the wing room, the bed is a big connected kang, on which four or five people can sleep without crowding.
This time, there were three women and a servant girl who came to wait on them. The three women slept in the same room. Tonight, the maid was keeping watch. After the lights were turned off, the maid fell asleep by the door.
In the middle of the night, Tang Lihua was awakened by a noise and the sound of weapons clashing, and the maid was also awakened. At this time, the oil lamp was re-lighted, and Tang Lihua was helped to get dressed. Wang Cuilian and Wang Cuiyao also woke up.
"What happened outside?" Wang Cuilian was anxious when she heard the shouts of killing.
Tang Lihua drank tea leisurely, "It's just something that doesn't have long eyes. If you can't sleep, then read the scriptures for me."
Tang Lihua is so confident, first of all, she has confidence in her arrangement, and as far as she knows, the hero Li Zetian is also in the wing room in the next courtyard at this time, and he has already sent secret guards to protect Wang Cuiyao. Wait for a master.
Lin Ling'er's nanny is also capable, and the ones she finds are all desperadoes from the rivers and lakes. If there is no precaution, it is really possible to fall into it, but now Lin Ling'er just bumped into it by herself.
As Tang Lihua expected, the shouting of killing slowly stopped within a quarter of an hour. There was a knock on the door of their wing, and the maid got Tang Lihua's instructions and opened the door tremblingly. The door was dressed in black The third prince Li Zetian, and Li Chengxi who laughed like a fox beside him.
Naturally, there was some questioning and caring afterward, and they learned that they were fine, and it was late at night, as men, Li Zetian and Li Chengxi couldn't stay here any longer.
After resting overnight, under the protection of Li Zetian and Li Chengxi, they returned to the capital safely the next day. As for what happened next, it had nothing to do with Tang Lihua.
However, when Li Zetian asked about the Escort later, Tang Lihua only fooled it with her own worry and comfort, and Li Zetian didn't investigate too much.
Another shocking news came out of the capital. Because of jealousy, Princess Gaole bought murder to assassinate the future third concubine. The Holy One was furious, took her title of princess, demoted her to a commoner, and even Prince Rong's mansion was implicated.
Hearing that the old concubine was ill with anger, many imperial doctors were invited to come to treat her.
After half a month, the imperial decree was finally issued, allowing them to get married in one month.
On the day when the third prince and concubine got married, the capital was full of red makeup, and the capital was bustling all day long.